完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

LAST weekend, I helped my friend Alex get money for poor children at Crossroads Mall He  36  needed volunteers, especially of the female. I decided that this was a pretty good  37  , so the next day I got ready to go.

I arrived at Crossroads about five minutes  38  , and helped Alex and   39  of the volunteers. There were only three  40  at first, and we figured we might as well get started  41  just waiting for more to arrive. I held the   42  , and suddenly felt extremely shy. I did not  43  asking people for donations. In fact, I’m usually one of those people who try to   44  those boring stands and ask you for a little contribution. For heaven’s sake, I can contribute to a few,   45  I cannot alone  46  every single cause in the world!

I really didn’t like the idea of asking anyone for donations to our cause.   47  , I watched my friends speak to the strangers, and noticed that they were extra polite to everyone—no matter whether they  48  . I realized that   49  I wasn’t pushy（强求的）, it would be okay, and my conscience could be  50  .

I pasted on a large smile, and started asking people passing by. My mouth tripped over words, and I continually said “um” while I thought of the correct terms.   51  I talked to more and more people. Not only improved, but also started noticing small  52  . Instead of saying “donate”, which made most people walk away  53  .I started suing the word “contribute”. I added the phrase “every little bit counts”, and people started to donate small amounts in larger quantities. As the day went on, I learned how to pull on the hearts of the   54  , and I became a successful fundraiser.

At the end of the day, we all gathered at Alex’s house and   55  how much money we raised. I was so surprised; We raised over $300! We celebrated, and went home tired, but satisfied that we helped a great cause.

1.A．every            B．much           C．desperately    D．too

2.A．cause            B．business       C．affair         D．career

3.A．earlier          B．early          C．later          D．late

4.A．the other        B．others         C．another        D．the rest

5.A．passers—by      B．teachers       C．volunteers     D．people

6.A．instead of       B．but            C．in spite of    D．in place of

7.A．signal           B．signature      C．sing           D．symbol

8.A．appreciate       B．like           C．want           D．need

9.A．annoy            B．flee           C．meet           D．avoid

10.A．and             B．but            C．or             D．so

11.A．do              B．support        C．make           D．create

12.A．What’s more    B．Besides        C．Whatever       D．However

13.A．donated         B．gave           C．came           D．passed

14.A．as soon as      B．as far as      C．as long as     D．as short as

15.A．at ease         B．with happiness C．in silence     D．in surprise

16.A．As              B．Before         C．Since          D．During

17.A．actions         B．hoopes         C．wishes         D．trends

18.A．slow            B．fast           C．slower         D．faster

19.A．goers           B．passers-by     C．students       D．strangers

20.A．thought         B．looked at      C．counted        D．decided

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第五部分：根据中文句子的意思，完成下列英文句子（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）。

将答案写在后面答题纸上相对应曲题号后。

11.换言之， 他必须放弃唱歌。

________, he must give up singing.

12．这个国家自然资源丰富。

This country ____natural resources

13．我在会上声明我不支持他。

I ____at the meeting that I did not support him,

14．他花了一些时间才适应新的工作。

It took him a while to ____the new job.

15．就他而言，这个结果是令人满意的。

As far as ____,the results is satisfying.

16．她们突然意识到人们在瞧着她们。

They suddenly _____people looking at them

17.许多报纸都反映了儿童们的看法。

Many newspapers ______of the children

18．夜晚不要大声唱歌，以免打扰邻居。

________your neighbors by singing loudly at night.

19．是托尼(Tony)检验出了实验的结果。

It was Tony who ________the result of the experiment

20.我知道你急于想了解我在这里的生活情况。

I know ____hear all about my life here.

I remember my math teacher Mr. Young very well. He stood out because the kids made fun of him. He was missing one of his fingers, and always pointed at students with his middle finger.

 I was not very good at English and math. No matter how hard I tried, I just could not figure out why I did not understand what all the other kids found so easy to learn.

One day, I was told that if I got one more E on my report card, I would be taken to the “big prison for kids”.

 I tried really hard for weeks. I just couldn’t understand how to make different parts of numbers into whole things.

The day before report cards were to come out, I knew that Mr Young would give me an E, just like he always did.

I went to Mr. Young and told him that the orphanage (孤儿院) was going to send me to the big prison if I got another E on my report card. He told me there was nothing he could do; it would be unfair to the other kids if he gave me a better grade than I had actually earned. I smiled at him and said, “Mr. Young, do you know how the kids make fun of you because you’re missing your finger?”

He looked at me, moved his mouth to one side and said nothing.

“They shouldn’t do that to you because you can’t help not having a finger, Mr Young. Just like I can’t help not being able to learn numbers and stuff like that,” I said.

The next day, when I got my report card, I tucked it into one of my books. While on the school bus, I opened it: Geography, B+; Mechanical Drawing, C-; English, D-; History, C-; Gym, B+; Art, C; Math, D-.

That math grade was the most favorite one I ever received. Because I knew that someone in the world finally understood what it was like for me to be missing a finger inside my head.

From the second paragraph we can infer that the boy is ______ in some subjects.

A. mind-blowing     B. slow-witted     C. fun-loving     D. badly-behaved

Where may the boy live according to the passage?

A. In an orphanage.        B. In a big prison.    

C. In the school dormitory.  D. In his home.

. What grade should the boy have got in the math test this time?

A. D-.            B. C.             C. B+.             D. E.

The underlined word “tucked” in the passage most probably means “________”.

A. stuck             B. listed              C. hid           D. copied

The reason why the boy remembers Mr Young is that ______.

A. he missed one of his fingers     B. he treated his students very well

C. he understood the boy          D. he taught his students in a special way

How I Turned to Be Optimistic

I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt’s house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America .We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.

I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see-the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.

The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost-having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to “the hard times”.

My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.

From my experiences I have learned one important rule: almost all common trouble eventually go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.

1.How did the author get to know America?

A. From her relatives              

B. From her mother

C. From books and pictures         

D. From radio programs

2. Upon leaving for America the author felt     .

A. confused                    B. excited    

C. worried                     D. amazed

3.For the first two years in New York, the author     .

A. often lost her way                      

B. did not think about her future

C. studied in three different schools          

D. got on well with her stepfather

Cosmo Books Ltd.,                         14, Woodman Road,

 Hertford Estate,                            Two Bridges,

 Rickmansworth,                            West Sussex.

 Middx.

                                          25^th February

Dear sir,

Just over six months ago, I saw an advertisement in the Morning Mail for a set of the complete works of William Shakespeare. Your company, Cosmo books Ltd., offered this set ( eight books of plays and two books of poetry) at what was claimed to be a ‘remarkable’ price: fifteen pounds and fifty pence, including postage and packing. I had wanted a set of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for some time, and these books, in red imitation leather, looked particularly attractive; so I sent for them.

Two weeks later, the books arrived, together with a set of the complete works of Charles Dickens which I had not ordered. So I returned the Dickens books to you, with a cheque for fifteen pounds and fifty pence for the works of Shakespeare. Two more weeks passed. Then there arrived on my door step a second set of the works of Shakespeare, the same set of novels by Dickens and a six book set of the plays of Moliere, in French. Since I do not read French, these were of no use to me at all. However, I could not afford to post all these books back to you, so I wrote to you at the end of August of last year, instructing you to come and collect all the books that I did not want, and asking you not to send any other books until further notice.

You did not reply to that letter. Instead you sent me a bill for forty two pounds , and a set of the plays of Schiller, in German. Since then, a new set of books has arrived every two weeks, the works of Goethe, the poems of Milton, the plays of Strindberg; I hardly know what I have. The books are still all in their boxes, in the garage, and my car has to stand in the rain outside.

I have no room for any more books, and even if I read from now until the Last Judgement, I should not finish reading all the books that you have sent me.

Please send no more books, send no more bills, send no more angry letters demanding payment. Just send one large lorry and take all the books away, leaving me only with the one set of the complete works of Shakespeare for which I have paid.

                                  Yours faithfully,

                                   SIMON WALKER

1.Simon Walker wrote the letter to ________

  A. complain about sending him books he had not ordered.

  B. urge Cosmo Books Ltd. to take away the books he had not ordered.

  C. laugh at Cosmo Books Ltd..

  D. advise readers not to order books from Cosmo Books Ltd..

2.The advertisement that Mr. Walker saw in the Morning Mail was for ____

  A. unlimited number of Cosmo Books.

  B. a set of 10 books of the works of Shakespeare.

  C. a book containing all the plays and poems of Shakespeare.

  D. fifteen pounds and fifty pence.

3. Mr. walker answered the advertisement because ________

  A. he wanted a set of Shakespeare’s works, and this set was cheap, and looked attractive.

  B. he claimed that the books were being offered at a remarkable price.

  C. he had ordered the set and had been waiting for them to come for some time.

  D. the set he already had was not particularly attractive.

4.Cosmo Books have _______

  A. sent bills for books that they have not sent.

  B. continued to send books that Mr. Walker did not order.

  C. still not sent Mr. Walker the books that he ordered.

  D. made a gift to Mr. Walker of several sets of books.

5.The tone of the letter is that of _______

  A. bitterness   B. respect    C. annoyance   D. humor